Merton Monday: Thoughts on poverty from ‘Seeds of Contemplation’
“It is easy enough to tell the poor to accept their poverty as God's will when you yourself have warm clothes and plenty of food and medical care and a roof over your head..."
Flashback: Check out River City Drum Corp at FOF 1999
Friday, Aug. 7, marks the start of a virtual [...]
Wisdom Wednesday: Amb. Shabazz on perception and truth
This week’s #WisdomWednesday highlights the words of Ambassador Shabazz during the 2015 [...]
Wisdom Wednesday: ‘How do we help the oppressor?’
“‘Help your brother, if he’s an oppressor or oppressed.’ …We get the oppressed, but how do we help the oppressor? Stop him from oppressing.”
Merton Monday: Love and Togetherness
"We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone—we find it with another.”
Wisdom Wednesday: Rev. Harvey on asking questions
The Rev. Robert Harvey says to “challenge what you receive, ask questions, say it’s not true because maybe it’s not true with you.”
Merton Monday: ‘Mistakes are part of our life.’
'It is true that we make many mistakes. But the biggest of them all is to be surprised at them...'
Common Action: Support Food Equity
For this week’s #CommonAction, we encourage you to support the Louisville Community Grocery. Their mission is to create an equitable food system for communities that are experiencing food insecurities.
Wisdom Wednesday: Archbishop Kurtz on Promoting Peace
“You and I are responsible to promote peace not only in our own hearts, but also with one another, as neighbor and as nation upon nation. In that effort, the key is the understanding of human dignity.”
Merton Monday: Thoughts on Transformation
Thomas Merton on the importance of transformation — and the need to sacrifice in the process.